Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19
ANOTHER MAN GOES OFF.
a Buckeyes Impressions of the Meri
dams Wonderful Mascot
From the Cambridge Ohio Times.

From the Cambridge Ohio Times
EDITOR TINES: In compliance with
your request, | hand you this lurriedly
written sketch of my recent travels south
and west. The objective point of my ives
tern trip was Wichita, Kansas, The Peer
less Princess of the Plains, The Pride
of the Prairies, . THE Magical Mascot Of
the Meridian, The Winning Wonder of
the Western World as she is proudly
styled by Wichitas greatest boomer, and
the next governor of Kansas, Col Muir
dock, editor of that sprightly daily, the
Wichita EAGLE. After passing in
turn through Cincinnati, St Louis,
Kansas City and Topeka one naturally
feels that he has passed the boundary of
metropolitan life But no sooner do you
step from the train at Wichita than you
discover that you are entering city of
no ordinary business activity and promise
You inquire the population to learn that it
is variously estimated at from %, 000 to 80
600, You ask as to Der railroads and learn
that ii is the railroad center of Kansas. and
promises to be the great railroad center of
the southwest, and the metropolis of the
state by January /, 1893. CHANGING along
her streets You see the innocent and ubiGui-
tous real estate man in the saddle hard at
work earning his daily bread by ''thesw
of his jaw, while the counter currents Of
human life fairly iestle you from the pave
ments as they move by in the onsweep-
ing rush Of business. You stop and listen
and everybody is talking about the value
of corner lots terms Of sale, etc, until YOU
are ready to conclude that for some reason
the town is about TO be sold at public auc-
ton. or private sale, and that this great
surging crowd has come to town to buy it
in. If you succeed in side-tracking some
fellow long enough to inquire the real
cause OF this seeming unusual stir he will
tell you in a graphic language of my genial
friend, j. Giles Smith, Esq. OF Wichita
Nothing unusual at all sir she is simply
a boomer" and unless YOU ar. very
thoughtful you will exclaime, We'll I
should smile, The fact that Wichita is
situated al the Junction of the big aud
little Arkansas rivers with their vast
and fertile valleys, accounts in
great measure for her phenomenal growth
There Is perhaps no finer agricultural area
on the continent than that embraced by
these rivers Nature seems to have SET her
seal of approval upon this spot Is the loca
ton for one Of the great commercial cen
lcrs OF the west. nutT me law or com
mercial growth in this country, we find our
commercial ceniers al about every two hun
drrd miles hence we have Cincinnati St.
Louis, Kansas City and Wichita This city
is destined To be an important wholesale
and distributing point for southwestern
Kansas, the Indian Territory and the Pan
handle of Texas. It's close proximity to
the vast timber belts Of Arkansas. and ex-
teusive coal Acids Of Trinidad.
Colorado, and western Kansas, soon
10 be reached By direct lines OF
railway, will make OF Wichita, with her
already important manufactures. q lead
ing manufacturing center, while her grain
shipping and pork packing interests must
be extensive in the near future The
rapid and substantial growth Of Wichita
is unsurpassed in the history IL western
cities. | met Mr. Potwin. president III
Potwin's bank, of GAINESVILLE, on Douglas J
avenue the other day. and he said to me I
Il am disappointed in Wichita I VS.
surprised at the remark and paused for M
explanation. when he added. This Is I
wonderful city came here expecting TO /
see a city of mushroom growth. bar instead /
find ii substantially and handsomely /
built, and 50 unlike the town | saw here .